diff --git a/utils/loggingcpp/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/loggingcpp/CMakeLists.txt
index d27b11e3c..c8fbbf2c3 100644
--- a/utils/loggingcpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/loggingcpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set(loggingcpp_LIB_SRCS
 
 ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
     OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/messageids.h ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/errorids.h
-    COMMAND ./genMsgAndErrId.sh
+    COMMAND /bin/sh genMsgAndErrId.sh
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
     DEPENDS genMsgId.pl genErrId.pl
     )
diff --git a/utils/loggingcpp/genMsgAndErrId.sh b/utils/loggingcpp/genMsgAndErrId.sh
index 64e113ac8..9182e78d6 100755
--- a/utils/loggingcpp/genMsgAndErrId.sh
+++ b/utils/loggingcpp/genMsgAndErrId.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-./genMsgId.pl > messageids-temp.h
+perl ./genMsgId.pl > messageids-temp.h
 diff -abBq messageids-temp.h messageids.h >/dev/null 2>&1; if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then mv -f messageids-temp.h messageids.h; else touch -a messageids.h; fi;
 rm -f messageids-temp.h
-./genErrId.pl > errorids-temp.h
+perl ./genErrId.pl > errorids-temp.h
 diff -abBq errorids-temp.h errorids.h >/dev/null 2>&1; if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then mv -f errorids-temp.h errorids.h; else touch -a errorids.h; fi;
 rm -f errorids-temp.h